From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 27 15:53:27 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06CA316A417 for ; Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:53:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kfl@xiplink.com) Received: from pop-mx00.ca.mci.com (pop-mx00.ca.mci.com [142.77.1.56]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE10013C4EF for ; Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:53:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kfl@xiplink.com) Received: from mail.net (custpop.ca.mci.com [142.77.1.111]) by pop-mx00.ca.mci.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1284D921C for ; Sun, 27 Jan 2008 10:53:25 -0500 (EST) Received: from [70.82.117.235] (account kfl@xiphos.ca HELO [10.0.0.241]) by mail.net (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.1) with ESMTPSA id 1704347614; Sun, 27 Jan 2008 10:53:25 -0500 Message-ID: <479CA8F5.8050902@xiplink.com> Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 10:53:25 -0500 From: Karim Fodil-Lemelin User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Karim Fodil-Lemelin References: <479A2284.3080300@xiplink.com> <479A4CC1.1040006@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <479A4CC1.1040006@FreeBSD.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: vm_zone corruption 4.x X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:53:27 -0000 Doug Barton wrote: > Karim Fodil-Lemelin wrote: > >> I have stumbled into a strange problem where my FBSD 4.x box > > FreeBSD 4.x is no longer supported. Your best bet at this point would > be to evaluate the 7.0 release candidates, since that branch has a lot > of both stability and performance enhancements. > > Good luck, > > Doug > Going to the latest FreeBSD version is certainly in the pipeline but unfortunately, it is not that easy for me to switch to a more recent version of FreeBSD. This box is out in the wild and is certainly being attacked by random port/scanning/worms traffic. I was wondering if there might be someone that would remember having a similar experience back on 4.x.